I think successful trading comes down to two general skill buckets:
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Some type of analytical methodology that helps one to believe they understand and predict price movements and are correct on a consistent basis.
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The discipline and courage to apply a system (designed with RR and back tested) when using ones own live funds.
Some of us who are sports fans or participants, understand that knowing what to do to execute a golf swing, or hit a 94 MPH fastball (bucket 1) is different from being able to execute (bucket 2).
Admittedly, ICT has played games over the years, and some of his followers on BP got a little extreme with the devotion. The real question it seems to me, is: Is there any value to checking out his (whatever the source) work. I’ve said yes over the years, because he’s helped me to better understand price - bucket 1. I’ve recommended his work to people with the best of intentions, hoping they would gain a better understanding of bucket 1. For some people, bucket 1 might not help, but for some it might. When folks like me make the effort to help others (which is the whole point of a forum) and we get yelled down by some of the intellectually challenged folks, it gets to feel like Baby Pips as a whole is a waste of time, which is too bad.
There are some very smart people who struggle with bucket 2. Sadly, there are some less smart people who bad mouth bucket number 1 the way ICT teaches it, because they lack the insight to see the buckets at all.